We approach the takeoff end of the runway. I go through the preflight checks — ailerons go up and down, rudder moves freely, elevators the same. It’s 7:30 a.m. as we depart St. John’s Airport in ...

Wild aircraft are the hallmark of AirVenture, the world’s largest get-together for pilots, which starts today in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) airshow last year ...

Courtesy photo / Ultralight pilot Dean Marcaurelle of Altoona has been flying ultralights for 22 years. Despite the cold, rainy weather, Dean Marcaurelle of Altoona took to the skies Oct. 1, one of ...

LODA --;In the world of competitive ultralight flight, a rural Loda man soars above the best in the United States. Dan Grunloh has twice won the U.S. ultralight competition. Grunloh, who is 58 and has ...

The flying car’s future envisioned by The Jetsons may not be here yet, but it got one step closer on Monday when Google co-founder Larry Page shared a video of the Kitty Hawk Flyer: An ultralight ...

Read Davin Coburn's flying blog and listen to him discuss his adventure. Listen to Davin Coburn adventure as he describes it on the Popular Mechanics Show (podcast). We're off the ground early, seven ...

Believe it or not, there are actually helicopters you can fly without a pilot's license. However, the FAA has made it clear in Title 14, Section 103 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that these ...

When Nancy Ullmann was golfing with her family at about 5 p.m. Saturday on the eighth hole at Lisbon's Songbird Hills Golf Club, she was struck by how low and loud an aircraft was. The aircraft ...